(DAR Eastern Visayas)
SOGOD, Southern Leyte – Office operations at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Southern Leyte Provincial Office was back to normal on Thursday with the aid of a solar-powered mobile generator set.
Power supply and internet were downed across the province following a widespread destruction caused by Typhoon Tino, which made its first landfall in the town of Silago early morning of Tuesday.
Upon the instruction of DAR Eastern Visayas Regional Director, Atty. Robert Anthony Yu, to provide immediate assistance to DAR Southern Leyte Provincial Office, based in the town of Sogod, Assistant Regional Director for Administration, Ronelo Jose Zamora, delivered the solar-powered mobile generator set early morning of Thursday, which is accompanied with an internet.
Meanwhile, all DAR personnel are safe, according to Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) Roderick Rances. As of the moment, assessment of affected agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and DAR-funded projects by the said typhoon is still ongoing, he added.
(JOSE ALSMITH L. SORIA)
